Recent Pet Peeves
1. Locking one of the two doors in a double door to a business
2. Giving instructions without explanation of the whole idea (thereby leading to an uncomfortable interrogation by me)
3. Using a car horn for any reason
4. Coming over to my house without calling first
5. Letting a door slam in my face because the person in front of me doesn't even look behind him/her (usually her)
6. Ties (they are an abomination)
7. Roaches that thrive on only toaster crumbs
8. My sweaty crotch in the New Orleans heat
9. Mosquitoes that prefer the small area around my ear to any other spot on Earth
10. Coin Stars that are always out of order
7 comments:
i was with you until the last one.... coin stars out of order?
Well, they have them down here. They're the machines you put all your loose change in and you get back a receipt that you turn in at the supermarket customer service for cash. The machines take about 9% I think, but it has always been convenient for me in the past to just dump my change jar in it when my bank account was down to nothing. Point is I guess, I haven't seen one of those machines in over a year that wasn't out of order.
Point is also, my bank account is often down to nothing and I end up travelling around from store to store with a jar of change in my hand only to discover that each trip was a waste of time. (Recently, I called ahead to customer service and asked them if the Coin Star was in service. She said, "Yeah." I wanted to strangle her when I went all that way and there was a big Out of Order sign on it.)
http://www.coinstar.com/us/html/a-home
I figured I'd balance out my bad press with a link. I used to really love these machines.
A working CoinStar is a great thing. We spent some money and bought a coin roller for home. But it broke. Piece of shit. I wouldn't mind having another, better one though so I don't have to hunt down a CoinStar.
9% sounds like a steep price to pay to me. i'll bet your bank would take count that stuff for free if you have a checking account with them.
most of my change ends up wasted on cans of pop.
The main thing is that it saves me from the embarrassment of bringing a big jar of change into the bank. Machines don't sigh.
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